Google puts Life photo archive online
Google has started to make available the entire back archive of Life Magazine, including images dating back to 1750, apparently. It includes things like the Zapruder film, the moon landings and the entire works of some of the Life photographers.
Especially relevant to Word readers is that Life obviously has quite a lot of interesting pop culture folk in its archives.
Just as an experiment, I put in 'Bob Dylan' and the first hit is a rather nice photo of his Bobness on stage in 1971 here
(Not included as a) mahoosive b) scared of Google police)It's clearly US-biased (naturally) and in so far as I've tested it, doesn't contain that much off the beaten path. Tom Waits has no images, for instance, but there's still much to amuse and fascinate.
You can also purchase prints of anything that takes your fancy, if that's yer thing.
I could get lost in there!
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
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The black and white stuff is just peerless
Like this Lady Day, or these lindy-hoppers.
Well spotted.
Thank you thank you thank you
It's hard to imagine now, in these days of image overload, but there was a time when Life was absolutely essential reading as it was providing a service that no other magazine was. Its importance was such that virtually every photographer of note worked on assignments for it, and some of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century first graced its pages.
This archive is wonderful, thanks for the info... it's much appreciated.